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QUICK FIRING GUN.

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EML RITTER V. SKODA.

QUICK FIRING GUN.

No. 448,841. Patented Mar.24,1891.

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QUICK PIRING GUN.

Patented lMeu'. 24, 1891.

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QUICK FIRING GUN.

Patented Mar, 24, 1891.

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liMlL RITTER YON SKODA, OF PILSEN, AUS'lRLl-IIUNGARY.

QUICK-Flame Gunn SPECIFICATION formipgpart of Letters Patent No. 448,841, dated Mar-ch 24, 1891, Y

Application filed July 24, 1890. Serial No. 359,814. (No model.)

.'l'o LM w/wnt 'zit may concern; n Be it known that I., EMIL RITTER voN SKODA,

a. subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing the following to at Pilsen, in the Province of Bohemia, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quick-Fire Guns; and I do hereby declare be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying.drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification.

the operations of loading,

The invention relates to machine-guus, and has for its object to provide means whereby firing, and the cooling of the gun are automatically effected, and whereby these operations are automatically continued in case the charge should fail to explode or should several successive charges failto explode.

: T o these ends the invention consists in the con1bination,\vith thebarrel and the breech mechanismpf a power-accu In ulator connected with this device and adapted to take up and store the power of -the' recoil and give the same up for the purpose of returning the gun into its normal position, introdncingacharge into saidgun, and firing the charge and operating mechanism, by means of which a cooling agent is supplied to the gun for cooling the Same.

The invention further consists in mechanisms and combinations of'mechanisms whereby the desired results are attained, and in structural features and details, as will now be fully described, reference being had to the aceompanying draw iugs,in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinalsection of a portion of a gun, illustrating part of my invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizpntal section tl1ereof, some of the yparts being shownin plan. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are sections taken, respect-- ively, on lines a', 2; at', and .r2 at? of Fig. E?. Fig. 6 is a longitndinal section, partly in eleration, of the front end of the gnu, showing the cooling-jackct. Figs. 7 and S are transverse sections taken, respectively, about at thc rear and front end olgthe gun-barrel, showing the cooling-jacket.

show the receiver by a vertical and a horizon- Figs. 9 and 10 tal longitudinal-section, respectively. 1l and 12 are sections taken, respectively, on lines y y andy -y of Figs. 9 and l0. Figs. 13, 14, and 15 show the breechfcylinderin elevation, horizontal longitudiI-ial section, and in rear elevation, respectively. Fig. 16 is a scctional detail view of the breech-cylinder, showing the position of the firing mechanism after firing. Figs. 17, 1S, and 19 are sectional elevations showing the various positions assumed bythe mechanism fortransmitting the recoil ot' the gun-barrel to the power-storing device. Fig. 20 is a diagram .illustrating the movements of the transmitting mechanism during the motion of the power-storing devices. Figs. 2l. to 27 are detail views illus- Figs.

trating variouslvoonstrueted holders for the i cartridges, said holders forming part of the cartridge-feeding mechanism; and Figs. 28 to 48 are diagrams illustrating means adapted `for use with various breech-actions for transmitting the recoil to the power-'storing device.'

The breecl1aetion illustra-ted in Figs. 1 to 2O is what is known as the f cylinder breech! action 3" but, as will hercinafterappear, my invention is applicable to any form or construction of breech-action usuallycmployed in rearms. As a means for utilizing the power of the `recoil, I employ that is contained in a housing or casing cl, in which is formed a tubular axial bearing di for the shaft Il of the said fly-wheel D', a suitable bushing di* being interposed between said shaft and its bearings. liy means of the described construction the shaft d is entirely relieved of the weightof the ily-Wheel, which is a solid cylinder, as shown. Thebushing d2' may be a tubular hub formed on a disk D,'thns serving also as a meansjfor securing the disk to said shat'l., or it may be an ordinary bushing, in which case the disk D may form an integral part of or may be'keyed to the shaft. The arrangement of these parts is such as to form a Huid-tight vjoint to pre'- vent the cooling agent drawn into casing d from escaping along the shaft Il and to provent air entering said casing.

In order to canse the fly-wheel D to rotate with shaft d', the axial hub d2 of the casing a ily-wl1eel D', Fig. 3,

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does not extend from side to side, as shown in Fg. Land the ily-wheel has a projecting hub' fl d, provided-with a key-groove, and is secured to the outer end of the shaft by means o f a key or feather. ,'lh/e hub di is conoidal and extends through a suitable opening in therear face of the casing d5, and said wheel D h as a bearing-face d,that bears against a corresponding face on the casing, and an an nularbearing-ange (151, that bears against the inner peripheryvof Asaid casing to form substantially fluid-tightjoints.

rlhe casing has in its rear face an annular passage d6, to the inlet or suction port ds of which is connecteda suction-pi pe, (not shown,) and a peripheral passage clit-to the outlet or forcing port or passage (Z of which is connected the forcing or exhaust pipe d, (shown in dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 0,) that is connectedwith the'inlet-pipe b7 of the coolingjacket B', (shown in said Fig. (5,) said jacket having at its opposite end an exhaust-pipe bs, that extends into the jacket, that portion of thev exhaust-pipe within said jacket extending around and over t-he gun-barrel A', and its intake b, Fig. 8, being beveled off and lying in a substantially horizontal plane, so ,as to take the cooling agent as near as possible to the periphery of the jacket in the plane of its vertical diameter to keep said jacket constantly and approximately full, the' cooling agent used being water, though any other suitable cooling agent may be employed.

Suitable stuing-box glands b2, Fign, are provided to form a duid-tight joint between the gun-barrel and the tubular hubs of the cooling-jacket B.

The shaft d carries at its outer end a hand- Awheel da, by means of which it. may be `revolved for the purpose of loading and firing the gun for a first shot, after which'the power of the recoil of the gun alone is used for this purpose. The fly-wheel D,.as will be seen, performs, besides the functions hereinafter to be described, also the'function of a pumppiston to supply the cooling agent to the cooling-jacket and at the saine time prevent the overheating of its bearings.

The described arrangement -for supplying 'the cooling agent to the gun isa very simple and economical one; yet I do not desire to limit myself thereto, it being obvious that any 3o other form of pump or forcing apparatus may be employed to supply the cooling agent, and such pump or apparatus may be ope'rated'by the ily-wheel through the medium of suitable intermediate connections, which any skilled mechanic will be enabled to provide,or such pump or forcing apparatus may be operated by an independent power.

For the purpose of controlling the operation of firing I provide means for controlling the cspeedof the fly-wheel D', which, as shown in on which is formed a screw-plugj that'screws ig. 2, consists of a brake-rod j, provided at its inner end with a brake-shoe j, that bears upon the periphery of the disk D. The rod j* is loosely connected with a, hand-wheelj-,

in the outerend ofa tubular casing. A coiled eprlngj.. encompasses the rod y, so lthat by revolving the handwheelj' in one or the other direction to increase or decreasetlie tension of t-he spring j the brake-shoe will be applied with greater or less force tothe perpheryof the disk D. If the screw-plugjz is screwed in sufficiently as tobear against the annu-lar shoulderj", formed by the thicker portion of the rod .7", vthe brake-shoe may be applied to 'this disk with such' power as to stop its rotation when firing is to cease. Instead ot' thedescribed brake, a gravity or hydraulic brake may be employed. In the former case the Weight exerted upon the brake-shoe may be varied, and in the latter 'ca-se means will'be conduits through which the waterlows.

The gun proper is constructed as follows: B is a casing or housing that is provided with trunnions b, Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 7, and also shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 6, by'means of which said casing is mounted upon a suitable gun-carriage. (Not shown.) The rear end of the casing B is enlarged for accommodation and necessary movements of the operating mechanism. I'nthe casing B is containedthe receiver, Figs. 1, 2, 9, and 1D, havingthegeneral form of casing B, into the forward end of which receiver is screwed the gun-barrel A', Figs. 1, 2, and, said receiver A and barrel A' having free motion in casing B and cooling-jacket B. In its enlarged rear portion the receiver A is pro.- vided with a verticall slot a', through which progeicts the crank or eccentric pin d on the wir D, secured to thefly-wheel shaftrl, hereinbefore 4referred to, and, as shown in Figs. 1,

length as to admit of the unimpeded revolution of the crank-pin as the receiver A -is moved to and fro by the combinedact-ion of the recoil and the power accumulated by the fly-wheel or by said accumulated power alone. Upon the crank-pin d of wheel D is loosely mounted a lever C, whose rear end is fulcrumed on a pin a, secured to the receiver A, the forward end of said lever'being pivotally eonnec'tedf'with one end of a link c, whose opposite end is'similarly connected with the rear end ofLthe breech-boit, said link c having a downwardly-projecting lug or nose c', Whose front face is rectilinear.

.'Thebre'ech-bolt E, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, and 1b', is a cylindrical bolt having its rear end extended and slotted longitudiation of 'the link c, and in frontof said slotted rear end extension said bolt has a vertical slot, through which extends the arm 3 of a three-armed seaie, said arm Sprojecting into a vertical slot e, formed in the tiring-.pin e',

breech-bolt and actuated by-a spring e,whose vends abut, respectively, againsty an annular shoulder formed by the enlarged ,portion of said bore that contains the said spring and against a collar at the forward end of the pin. In Fig. 1 I have illustrated these parts in their 2, and 3, said slot being ofsuch width and nally for thereception, connection,and operprovided to control the sectional area of the loo IIO

that is, as usual, contained in the bore of -the relative positions at the moment of firing, the lever C and link c lying in a straight line and locking thebreech-bolt E to the breech-chamber of the barrel A', while the arm 1 of the sear e, which is pivoted in lugs e, depending from the breech-bolt E, is out of engagement with the nose c of link c, thus allowing the springe41 to project the firing-pin e' and eX- Y 'plode the charge. When the firing-pin has been projected, the parts will be in the relative positions shown in Fig. 16, the arm of the sear bearing against an abutment h6. As the receiver` A, with the barrel A' and breechbolt E, are moved back by the recoil, the wheel D is revolved in the direction of arrow s, Figs. 17, 1S, and 19, thereby spinning the fly-wheel D' around with great velocity in the same direction, the lever C and link e'assuming successively the positions vshown in full lines in Figs. 1S and 19, and in dotted lines in said Fig. 19, returning iinallyto their nor'mal positions shown in Figs. 1 and 17. As the receiver A moves back the sear is tilted rearward by reason of its arm 2 being in contact with the abutment if', by-which motion of the sear the firing-pin is moved back to full-cock. At the same time the lever C and link c astsuine a more or less angular position relatively to the breech-bolt, thereby throwing the nose c upwardly, and when the sear has been tilted sufficiently to disengage its arm 2 from abutment b6 the said nose e' 0f link c will have moved'upwardly to such 'an `extent as to lie between the armsl and 3 of said sear, thus locking. the same against rotation and locking the tiring-pin into its full-cock poi sition, to be automatically released when the parts again reach the relative positions shown in Figs. 1 and 17. As the receiver, the barrel, and the breech-bolt move back under the l energy ot the recoil and the crank d reaches the dead-center of its disk, Fig. 1S,the energy of therecoil will cease to act upon the crank and fiywheel,-the crank-disk being thereafter revolved by the energy stored by the iiywheelD. Duringthemovementofthecrankpin d'from its position Figs. 1 and 17 to its .position Fig. 18 the breech-bolt, barrel, andreceiver first move together, so that the breech will for a short time remain closed; but inasmuch as the link c and breech-bolt E are connected to the longerarm of lthe lever C, and

downwardly to the ground to avoid possible injury to the gunners.

When the breechbolt has reached a position for the ejection of the empty cartridge-shell, ithas also rea'ched the limit ot its rearward movement, the lever C and link c being then inthe position shown in Fig. 19. However, as the said lever and link move from the position shown in Fig. 1S to that shown `in Fig. 19namely, while the breech-bolt is completing its rearward movements-the rcceiverA andthe barrel A' have already commenced to moveiorward again, the breech `being therefore wide open'. The crank-pin d, .receiver A, barrel A', lever C, and link c will now move from the position shown in full lines.to that shown in dotted lines, Fig. 19, carrying the bre'echbolt E along, and as the said bolt commences its forward motion a fresh cartridgeis fed to the breech, to be carried into the breechchamber of the barrel A' by the breech-bolt. The feeding f the cartridges to the breech may be eifected by hand or mechanically, and the feeding devices may or are preferably operated by the tiy-wheel D', or said cartridges may be supplied to the breech by means of a loading-frame, in whichfcase a feedhopper b5 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5) is provided, from which lthe first cartridge passesv by its own weight between two teeth of a feeddrum F, constructed in the form of a starwheel, that is revolved as hereinafter explained, and carries the cartridge into the path of the advancing breech-bolt E, so that as the parts move from the position shown in Fig. 19 back to that shown in Fig. 17 under the impulse of the {1y-wheel the said cartridge is carried into the breech-chamber of the barrel. The feed-drum, which is pivoted in the receiver below the breech-bolt, has a pinion h formed at its rear end or mounted on its rear journal, that is in gear with a pinion h on a shaft g. (Shown in full lines, in Fig. 1 and indotted lines in Fig. 5) The shaft g carries at its rear end a pinion g', Fig. 3, the teeth of which take into the peripheral groove d* of the disk or wheel D on fly-wheel shaft d', whereby the pinion shaft g' is revolved, and therethrough and through the gearing h h'lthe feed-wheel F to feed the cartridges into the path of the breech-bolt E. Instead of the feed-hopper an endless feed -belt I may be employed, Figs. 1 and 5, said feedbelt being provided at equal distances apart with cartridge-holders a', made of sheet metal and secured transversely-of the belt. The holders are so constructed'as to prevent the cartridges from slipping out, and to this end they are made tapering, open -at top, and

'more or less .elastic to clasp the cartridges.

the opposite ends of the holder will lie between said teeth or star-points. (See Fig. l.)

To more elfectually feed and guide the cartridges, I preferably mount upon the shaft g listar-wheel g2, Fig. 5, that acts upon the cartridge-holders andserves as a guide and feedwheel. From what ha been said above it will be seen that the recti inear movement'of the gunbarrel and receiver-under the energy of the recoil is converted into rotar 'motion by transmission of the fly-wheel and thatthis rotary motion is a continuous one, as will'be readily which a fresh cartridge is fed to thereceiver or guide-cylinder by Z3 Z4, and, finally, the

. movements of the parts to carry the cartridge to the breech-chamber and close thc breech i as The numerals 1 to 12 indicate the movements of the lever C and 4its link or connecting-rodlc during one revolution of the iiywheel or. crank dof disk D, and the rectilinear movement of the lever-fulcrum a is shown by dotted lines drawn tothe leitet the diagram from the points 1 tov 1:2. It has also been stated above that the energy Vdue to the recoil of the gun acts upon the crank d until the latter lies inthe plane of the axis ofthe gun-barrel or at the dead-point-j-that iste say, whi'le the bre'ech is being partially opened or during the time the crank (Z travels from I Z to Z .and the said axial plan-e, or during a little more than one-quarter revolution of the crank, the ily-wheel continuing'to revolve by the power stored and moves the parts from `the position Fig. 18 to that Fig. 19in full lines, then tothe position shown'in dotted '1ines, Fig. 19, and back to their normal position Fig. 17, at which moment the -gun is automatically fired, a fresh .impulse being given to the ily-wheel D bythe` recoil.

Should, however, the gun miss lire, the energy stored by the ly-wheel will keep the same in rotation, the cartridge being duly ejected and a fresh one inserted. In fact -the power stored in the fly-wheel after two or more shots have been fired is suieient to keep the parts in motion even should two or more cartridges, fail to explode. v

K, Fig. 1, is the rear sight, K the front sight, and bivare bosses that have an axial aperture for the receptionof lubricators, and b' is a cross-bolt in the housingB, with which the elevating-screw may be connected.

I have hereinbefore statedv that the improvements are applicable to various forms. of breechaction.

' In Figs. 28 to 85 l have shown various breech-actions adapted to be operated through the medium of the lever and the link -mo tions described, and in Figs. 36 to 4 4 I have shown examples of means for operating the breech mechanism bty t-he reciprocating motion of the gun-barre alone.

and the energy stored f yin the ily-wheel or' by means of the latter In Figs. 36 to ,48 the gun-barrel is moved by the connecting-rod c, and the breech-bolt by a connecting-rod c. In the construction shown in the said figures and in the construe` tion hereiubefore described, as well as 'hercinafter to ybe' described, the crank, disk, lever, and connecting-rod may be replaced by an veccentricfand cccentric-rod, or the crank-pin maybe caused to work in a slot of the connecting-rod, ora cam may be used vto actuate the connecting devices or a pin working in a cam-groove of a disk secured to the fly-wheel shaft, and gearing may be interposed in such connections, all. of which are well-known me chanical equivalents of the mechanism described.

In the ertample shown in Figs. 39 and' et() the motion of the gun is m'l, the breech-bolt;

alone moving, while in Figs. 45 and 46 the; breech-bolt is impelled by the-recoil of the, gun-barrel.l In the examples last referred tov the barrel only is connected with the cranktio disk, the movement of the breech-bolt being effected bythe bell-crank lever P P2, connected at p with the-receiver by means of linksp a: or work-ing between two stops a: y on said receiver. The recoil of the gun .may also be Ymade to act on a spring for the purpose of storing a part of the energy of such recoil, which spring may be made to act in any desired direction or on any desired crank-pin` -i elements, as shown inv Fig. 28, and buffers' may be provided at suitable points to deaden theshocks.

to setin motion a certain moving element or"V In the construction shownin. Figs. 47 and l 48 the breech-bolt alone operates the crankdisk and fly-wheel, the gun-barrel moving` only as long. as there is gas-pressure therein,

when it will be returned to its normal position by 'a spring q in consequence of the lever P striking against stop while the breech-bolt will continue its rearward movement -an'd through the crank-disk 'and fly-wheel eEect the other operations.

When a lever-and-link connection is employed,the housing is provided with apendgut protective or ,guard plate orshield a,

ig'. Having nowdescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#- s 1. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the

4combination, with the' gun and breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, of a power-storing device and a connection between saiddevice, the breech-bolt,

an'd the gun,- adapted to impart to the powerstoring device a continuous rotary motion in 1;

one direction, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the

combination, with the gun and the breechbolt', sai-d parte being` adapted to have endwise necting the power-storing device with the gun and breech-bolt and adapted to impart to-rhe lpower-storing device a continuous rotary mo tion in one direct1on,fo1"the forth. i

3. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun and breech-bolt adapted to have a' rectilinear motion in their bearings, of a power-storing device .and a connection between the latter, the breech-bolt, and gun, adapted to impart to the powerstoring device a continuous rotary motion in purposes set one direction and to vary the relative rectilinear speed of thergun and the purposes set forth. t

I. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun and breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, of a ily-wheel, a crank adapted to revolve with and about the axis of said iiywheel, and a lever-and-link connection connect-ing the crank with the breech-.bolt and gun and adapted to impart a continuous rotary motion to the crank and therethrough to the {1y-wheel, for the purposes set forth.

5.' In abreech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gunfand its receiver, the latter provided with 'a vertically-slotted breech -bolt, for

.enlarged extension and adapted to have a rectilinear motion with the gun in its bearings, and the breech-bolt having a like motion in its bearings, of a fly-wheel, a crank revolnble with and about the axis of the flywheel, said crank extending through the vertical slot in the receiver, and a connection',

between said receiver, breech-bolt, and crank, adapted to convert the rectilinear motion of said parts into rotary motion, for the purposes set forth.'

.6. In--a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun, its receiver, and breech-bolt, said parts having endwise motion in their bearings, of a fly-wheel, a crank adapted to revolve with and about the axis o f isaid wheel, and a variable-speed connection between the receiver and crank and between the crank and the breech-bolt, adapted to impart a continuous rotary motion to thel crank and therethrough to the y-wheel, for the purposes set forth.

7. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun-barrel, its receiver, and the breech-bolt, of a fly-wheel, a crank adapted to vrevolve with and about the axis of the wheel, a two-armed lever having arms of unequal length connected with the crank, aconnection between the shorter arm of the lever and the receiver, and a connect-ion bctween the longer arm of the said lever and the breech-bolt, for the purposes set forth.

S. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun and breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, ofa lpower-storing device, a connection between said device, the gun, and

Abrceclrbolt, adapted to impart a continuous rotary motion to the power-storing device, and a speed-controlling device operating to control the relative rectilinear speed of the gun and breecl1-bolt,for the purposes set forth. A

9. In a breech-loading machine-gun` the combination of a stationary cooling-jacket -provided with a suitable exhaustport,a pum p,

and a connection between the pump and cooling-jacket with the gun adapted to have a rectilinear motion in its bearings and in said cooling-jacket and a connection between the gun and pump-piston, adapted to operate the same, for the purposes set forth.

10. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun adapted to' have a rectilinear motion in its bearings, a pump comprising a pump-barrel provided with suction and exhaust ports, and arotary pumppiston and a connection between the piston and gun,'adaptedto convert the rectilinear motion of said gun into rotary motion of the piston, of a cooling-jacket encompassing the gun-barrel, and a connection between the said jacket and the exhaust-port of the pump-barrel, for the purposes set forth. v

1l. In a breech-loadingmachine-gun, the combination, with the Vgun adapted to have a rectilinear motion in its bearingsra pump comprising a cylindrical barrel or casing provided with suction and exhaust ports and a cylindrical piston adapted to revolve in said casing, a crank adapted to revolve with and about the axis of the piston, and a connection between said crank and the gun, adapted to convert its rectilinear motion into rotar f motion, of a cooling-jacket encompassing the gun, and a connection between said jacket and the exhaust-port of the piston-casing, for the purposes set forth.

12. In a vbreech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun and its receiver roo' IIO

adapted to have a rectilinear motion in its bearings, of a pump comprising a cylindrical barrel or casin g provided with suction and' exhaust ports and acylindrical piston adapted to revolve in said casing, a crank adapted to revolve with and about the axis of the piston, a lever-connection between said crank and the receiver of the gun, adapted to convert the rectilinear motion of the latter into rotary motion, a cooling-jacket encompassing the gun, anda connection between said jacket and the exhaust-port of the pulnpeasing,.for the purposes set forth. t

13. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun and its-receiver adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings andthe breech-bolt adapted to have a like motion in the receiver, of a pump comprising a cylindrical barrel 0r casing provided with suction and exhaust port-s and a cylindrical piston adapted to revolve in said casing, a crank adapted to revolve with and about the axis of the piston, a lever connecting the receiver with the crank,a link'cona like motion in the receiver,

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necting the lever with the breech-bolt, a cooling-jacket encompassing the gun, and a couneetion between the jacket and the exhaust.- port of the-.ptLmp-casing, for the purposes set forth.

i 14. Ina breech-loadingr machine-gun, the combination, with the-gun and its receiver adapted to have a. rectilinear motion in their bearings and the breech-bolt adapted to have a. pump com` prising a cylindrical barrel or casing provided with suction and exhaust ports and a cylindrical piston adapted to revolve in said casing, a crank. adapted to revolve with and about the axis of the pistou, a lever connected with the crank, said lever having arms of unequal length, a connection between the shorter arm of the lever and the receiver, a connection between the longer arm of said lever and the breecl1bolt,` a cooling-jacket encompassing tite gun, and a connection between said jacketand the exhaust-port of the pump-casing, for the purposes set forth.

15. In a breech-loading machinc-gumthe u. combination, with the gun and its receiver adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearinfrs, the breech-bolt adapted' to have a like motion4 in the receiver, a spring-actu'- ated firing-pin contained in the receiver, and

a scar pivoted tothe breech-bolt'and provided with'two arms and a connectioirbetween one of the arms of the scar and the tiring-pin', of a revoluble power-storing device, a. crank adapted to revolve with and about the axisv of the device, a lever connected with the like motion in the receiver,a spring-actuated tiring-pin contained in they breech-bolt, and a senr pivoted to thel breech-bolt and adapted to move said tiring-pin against the stress of its spring, of a power-storing device and a variable-speedconnection between said device, the grimaud the breech-bolt, adapted to impart acontiuuous rotation to the powerstoring device and to control the movements of the sear, for the purposes set forth.

17. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the 'gun having endwisc motion in its bearings, of a cooling-chamber encompassing the barrel,`a 'rotary pump, a pipe-connection, between the exhaust-port thereof and the cooling-jacket, a connection between a revoluble element of the pump and the gun, adapted to convert the rectilinear' motion thereof into rotary motion, and a speed-controlling device operating to control the travel of the gun and therethrough the ppetllation of the pump,`for the purposes set ort 1S. In --a breech-loading,y machine-gun, the combination, with the gun, its receiver, and the breech-bolt, said `parts having endwise motion in their bearings, of a cooling-jacket encompassing the gun, a rotary'pump, a pipeconnection between the exhaust-port of thc pump and the cooling-jacket, and a variablespeed connection connectinga revoluble element of the pump with the receiver and breech-bolt, for the purposes set forth.

19. Ina breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun, its receiver, and 'breccl1-bolt,said partshaving endwse'motion in their bearings, of a cooling-jacket encompassing the'cun, a` centrifugal pump, n pipe connection between the exhaust-port of the pump and the coelingjacket,a variablespeed connection connecting a. revoluble element of 'the pump with the receiver and breech-bolt, and a speed-controlling device adapted to control the movements of the variablespeed connection and therethrough those of the gun, the breech-bolt, and pump, for the purposes set forth.

20. In a breech-loading machine-gnu, the combination, with the gun and its receiver adapted to have a longitudinal motion in their bearings, the breech-bolt adapted to have a like motion in the receiver, a springactuated firing-piu contained in the breechbolt, and a scar pivotally connected with said bolt, said sear having three arms 1, i2, and 3, of which the arm 3 is in perpetualengag`e ineutwith the tiring-pimof arevolublepowerstoring device and a crank adapted to re- TOO volve with and about the axis of said device,

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combination of the housing B, the pump-casing don one side at the rear end of said housing, thecooling-jacket B at the outer end of. 'said housing, said 'cooling-jacket being provided with an inlet-port bi, and a connection between said port and the exhaust-port'of the pump-casing' with the gun adapted to have a rectilinear motion in tue housing,acombined pump-piston and ily wheel adapted to revolve in the casing', a crank connected with the.

piston, and a connection between said crank and the gun, adapted to couvert the rectilinear motion thereof into rotary motion, for the purposes set forth.

2'2. In a breech-loading machine-gun, thel combination, with the gun adapted to haven rectilinear motion in its bearings and a cool- Ils ing-jacket encompassing the gun, of a rotaryr y pump, a pipe-connection between the same and the Icooling-jacken and a connection between the' pump-piston andthe gun, adapted to convert the rectilinear motion of said gun into rotary motion, for the purposes set forth.

23. ln a breeclrloading niaehincgun, the combination. with the gun and its receiver adapted to have rectilinear motion in their bearings and a revoluble cartridge-feeding cylinder arranged below the receiver, of a revoluble power-storing device, a connection between the same and the gun, adapted to convert the rectilinear motion of the latter into rotary motion, revolnble transmitting mechanism, and transmitting-gearing confleeting the power-storing device with th'e cartridge-feeding cylinder, for the purposes set forth.

24. In a breech-loading 'inaeliii1e-gnn, the combination, with the gnn, its receiver and breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, and a revolnble cartridge-feeding cylinder arranged below the receiver, of a revolnble power-storin g device, a connection between said device, thereceiver, and breech-bolt adapted tocon vert the rectilinear motion thereof into rotary motion, and revoluble transmitting-gearing operated by the power-storing device and operating to revolve the cartridge-feeding cylinder, for the vpn rposes set forth.

35. In a breech-'loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gnn, its receiver and breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, and a revolnblecar- .tridge-feeding cylinder arranged below the receiver, of a revolnble power-storing device. a variable-speed connection between said device, the receiver, and breecl1-bolt,adapted to convert the rectilinear motion thereof into rotary motion and vary their relative speed, and revolnble transmitting-gearing operated by the power-storing device and operating to revolve the cartridge-feeding cylinder, for the purposes set forth. y

:26. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun, its receiver and breech-boltadapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, a revoluble cartridgc-feeding cylinder arranged below the receiver, a revolnble power-storing device, a crank adapted to revolve with and about the axis of the power-storing device, a variable-speed connect-ion consisting of a twoarmed lever on said crank having its shorter and longer arms connected with the receiver and breech-bolt, respectively, and a grooved disk mounted on the shaft of the power-storing device, of transmitting mechanism Vconsisting of a transmittingshaft and gearing connectins.r said shaft with the grooved disk and cartridge-feeding cylinder, respectively, for 1the purpose set forth.

27. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with vthe gun and its receiver adapted to be moved in a rectilinear direc- 'tion in their bearings by the explosive force of the charge and a revoluble cartridge-feeding cylinder arranged below the receiver, of a converting mechanism for converting the rectilinear motion of thegun into rot-ar niotion and transmitting meclianismadapted to transmit said rotary-'motion to th-e cartridgefeeding cylinder, as set forth.

2S. ln a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun, the receiver, and the breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motionin their bearings, said receiver being provided with a lateral opening and a fixed abutment dametrically opposite said opening and projectingi'into the path of the cartridge-rim, and said breech-bolt having'a spring-hook on the side of the opening in the receiver to engage the rim of the cartridge andA lock it to said bolt,of a revoluble powerstoring device, aeonnection between the same and the receiver adapted to convert the rectilinear niotion thereof` into rotary motion, and a connection between the powenstoring device and breech-bolt, for the purposes set foi-th.

29. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the

combination, with the gun, the receiver, and

the breech-bolt adapted to have a rectilinear motion in their bearings, said receiver being provided with a' lateral 'opening 4and a fixed abutment diametrieally oppositie said opening and projecting into the path of the car i tridge-rim, and said breech-bolt having al spring-hook on the side of the opening on the receiver to engage the rim of the cartridge and lock it to said bolt, of a revoluble powerstoring device and variable-speed connections respectivelyconnecting the receiver and breech-bolt with the power-storing device and adapted to var v the relative speed of the reciver and bolt and convert their rectilinear motion into rotary motion, for the purposes set forth.

30. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun and its receiver adapted to have a lrectilinear motion in their bearings, said receiver being provided with an opening in its under side, a revoluble drum arranged in said opening, and a pinion connected with the drum, of a revolnble powerstoring device, a connection between the same and the gun, adapted to convert the rectilinear motion thereof intorotary motion transmit-' ting-gearing comprising a disk adaptedv tov be revolved by the powerstoring deviceand provided with a peripheral groove, and a transmitting-shaft carrying a pinion at each end, said pinions being in engagement with the groove in the said disk and with the said drum-pinion, respectively, forthe purposes set forth.

31. In a breeclrloadingmaehine-gun, the

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combination, withthe receiver, the cartridgefeeding drum I? and its pinion h', and the cartridge-belt I, pro vided with cartridge-hold ers 1', of segmental form in cross-section, of the shaft g, the gear-wheel 7i, in gear with the pinion 7i', and a guide and feed wheel g2, arranged in proximity to the drum F `and relatively to the belt so that two of the wheelspokes will lie in front of a cartridge-holder,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

32. ln a breech-loading machine-gun, the

combination, with the receiver, the'eartridgeion 7L', and a guard-wheel on said shaft g ar- Vranged relatively to the belt so that one of its spokes or teeth will always he in engagev ment with thc lower side of one of the cartridge-holders i, substantially as and for the Y purpose set forth.

33. In a breech-loading machine-gun, the combination, with the gun, the breech -bolt and its tiring-pin adapted to have a reciproeating motion in their bearings, a continouslyrevolving power-storing device conf trolled by the recoil of the gun, means for antomatically locking the firing-pin into position for firing, and means for automatically releasing the said pin, said means being controlled by the reciprocating movements of the gun, of a speed-regulating device adapted to .regulate the rectilinear movements of the gun,

and thereby the rapidity of the ring, substantially'ns set forth.

34. In a hreechloading machine-gun, the combination, with'v the gun, the breech-bolt and its tiring-pin.. adapted to have a reciprocating motion in their bearings, a revolnblo.

power-storing device controlled by the recoil of the gun, an automatic cartridge-feeding mechanism, means for automatically locking the firing-pin into position for firing, and means for automatically releasing,` thesaid pin, said mechanism and means being controlled by the reciprocating movements of the gun, of'a speed-regulating device adapted to regulatethe speed of the movements of the gun, and thereby the rapidity of the firing and feeding of the cartridges, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereofI affix mysignatu re in presence of two witnesses.

EMIL RITTER VON SKODA.

Witnesses:

ALFRED SCHIFFNEY, ADoLPH Fmcims. 

